Infra-estrutura da sociedade da informação: a indústria de software em salvador - ba

Abstract: Resulting from a research upon the Salvador´s software industry, the paper presents elements that must be considered to understanding the structure and patterns of operation of that local industry. Also shows its position in the national market and the categories of its products. Methodology included: analysis of the results of two researches conducted by Sepin/MCT and Softex, in the national level; data collection; and interviews with firms´ executives. The results sugest that the softwares developed by developers sited in Salvador are used by a substantial number of organizations in Bahia and also in other Brazilian states. However, exportation of software has been weak, confirming, in the local level, the result of Sepin/MCT´s research, in the national level, that showed a high business shyness, in terms of exportation of products, in this sector, in Brazil as a whole.